Transformational Appointment to Drive Gold & Copper Growth
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Adavale Resources Limited
Level 2, 49 Oxford Close
West Leederville, WA, 6007
Directors & Officers
ALLAN RITCHIE
Executive Chairman & CEO
DAVID WARD
Non-Executive Director
NIC MATICH
Non-Executive Director
LEONARD MATH
CFO & Company Secretary
ASX: ADD
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Investors@adavaleresources.com
+61 2 8003 6733
ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
27 October 2025
Transformational Appointment to
Drive Gold & Copper Growth
Highlights
• Mr David Ward, currently Non-Executive Technical Director, has been appointed
as Adavale’s Managing Director effective 17th
November 2025.
• David brings 30 years of industry experience with a proven track record of
delivering value in exploration, project development and mining operations.
• His experience across the Lachlan Fold Belt will be pivotal as Adavale rapidly
advances exploration and drill programmes across the flagship Parkes Gold-
Copper Project.
• David’s work across the Lachlan Fold Belt encompasses:
o Hargraves Resources (last operator of the London-Victoria Gold Mine),
o Newmont’s Cadia Gold Mine (production & resource definition),
o Clancy Exploration porphyry Au-Cu exploration across all the major
Ordovician intrusive centres Wellington, Narromine, Northparkes and
Lake Cowal,
o The Cobar District, Girilambone Group copper and Wagga Tin Belts.
• David was instrumental in defining ~950koz Au for Bacchus Resources,
developing multiple exploration assets (later incorporated into ASX-listed
explorers), and founding Director of what is now Broken Hill Mines (ASX: BHM).
Adavale Resources Executive Chairman and CEO, Mr. Allan Ritchie, commented:
“We are delighted to appoint David as Managing Director at this pivotal time for Adavale. His blend of
technical depth and on-the-ground operational experience across the Lachlan Fold Belt will be of
incredible benefit to Adavale and all of its stakeholders. With both our highly prospective brownfields
and greenfields projects poised for drilling this quarter, I am highly-confident in David’s ability to deliver
real results.”
Adavale Resources incoming Managing Director, Mr. David Ward, commented:
“I am pleased to transition into the role of Managing Director of Adavale. The Parkes Project sits in one
of Australia’s most endowed gold-copper provinces and has demonstrated to have the right rocks and
structures for a tier-1 discovery. Our focus will be targeting resource expansion activities at our
brownfields London-Victoria Gold Mine and rapidly advancing high-priority targets at Ashes and Myalls.
I look forward to executing on Adavale’s ambitious growth plans and leading the upcoming drilling
programs.”
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Adavale Resources Limited (ASX:ADD) (“Adavale” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce
the appointment of David Ward, current Non-Executive Technical Director, as Managing Director
of the Company effective from 17th
November 2025.
David is a seasoned geologist and mining executive with 30 years of experience spanning early-
stage exploration, project development, and both open pit and underground mining operations.
Throughout his career, David has demonstrated a strong commercial focus and a proven ability
to drive value creation through disciplined exploration and development strategies.
David started his mining career with Hargreaves Resources (the last operator of the London-
Victoria Gold Mine) and has since held key exploration and operational roles with several notable
mining companies across the Lachlan Fold Belt, including Newcrest Mining, where he worked in
open pit and underground Production and Resource Definition at the Cadia Gold Mine. At Clancy
Exploration, David conducted porphyry Au-Cu exploration across all of the major Ordovician
intrusive centres in the Lachlan Fold Belt, including Wellington (Rose Hill), Narromine (Myall),
North Parkes (Trundle) and Lake Cowal.
David’s Lachlan Fold Belt experience extends into the Cobar District, Girilambone Group Copper-
Gold space with Locksley Resources (ASX:LKY), and the Wagga Tin Belt with the Bygoo Tin Project
as vendor and discovery drilling, now with Caspin Resources (ASX:CPN).
David was Chief Geologist of the private company Bacchus Resources and was instrumental in
defining more than 950k ounces of gold resources in the Northern Territory. He also oversaw the
development of additional exploration assets across the Northern Territory, Queensland, and
New South Wales. These assets were subsequently incorporated into key projects for multiple
ASX-listed exploration companies. David was also a founding Director of Coolabah Metals Limited
(ASX:CBH), now Broken Hill Mines (ASX:BHM).
The Board welcomes David to his new role and looks forward to his leadership as Adavale
advances its exploration and development portfolio.
This announcement is authorised for release by the Board of Adavale Resources Limited.
Further information:
Allan Ritchie
Executive Chairman and CEO
Adavale Resources
E: investor@adavaleresources.com
P: +61 2 8003 6733
Jane Morgan
Media and Investor Inquiries
Jane Morgan Management
E: jm@janemorganmanagement.com.au
P: +61(0) 405 555 618
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Key Terms of Managing Director Services Agreement
Remuneration:
$280,000 per annum plus statutory superannuation
Term:
No fixed term
Notice Period:
3 months’ notice period
Performance Rights:
In addition to the proposed Performance Rights to be sought at the coming Annual General
Meeting, subject to shareholder approval, Mr David Ward to be issued a further 4,500,000
Performance Rights with the following vesting conditions:
Class D: 2,250,000 Performance Rights which will vest upon the Company achieving the VWAP
calculated over 5 consecutive days on which the Shares have actually traded, exceeding $0.15
expiring 48 months from the date of issue; and
Class E: 2,250,000 Performance Rights which will vest upon the Company achieving the VWAP
calculated over 5 consecutive days on which the Shares have actually traded, exceeding $0.20
expiring 48 months from the date of issue.
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ABOUT ADAVALE RESOURCES
Exploring for Gold and Copper in the NSW Lachlan Fold Belt, Uranium in South Australia, and Nickel
Sulphide in Tanzania.
The Parkes Project
Adavale Resources Limited (ASX:ADD)
tenements span ~371km2
including 100% of
EL9785 and a 72.5% interest in the Parkes
Gold and Copper Project, consisting of four
granted exploration licences that are highly
prospective for Au-Cu, primarily due to their
location adjacent the giant Northparkes
copper-gold mine and encompassing the
Ordovician-aged rocks of the Macquarie Arc,
within the crustal-scale structure of the
Lachlan Transverse Zone (LTZ) that contain
both Northparkes and the world-class Cadia
gold-copper Mine.
South Australian Uranium Portfolio
Adavale also holds 11 granted exploration
licences that are prospective for their
sedimentary uranium potential. 7 are held
within the northern part of the highly-
prospective Northern outwash from the
Flinders Ranges in South Australia, as well as
4 granted exploration licence east of Ceduna
on the Eyre Peninsula, increasing Adavale’s
uranium tenement holdings to 4,959km2
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The Kabanga Jirani Nickel Project
Adavale also holds the Kabanga Jirani Nickel
Project, a portfolio of 13 highly prospective
granted licences along the East African Nickel
belt in Tanzania. The nine southernmost
licences are proximal to the world class
Kabanga Nickel Deposit (87.6Mt @ 2.63% Ni
Eq). Adavale holds 100% of all licences except
for two licences that are known as the
Luhuma-Farm-in, which are held at 65%,
adding a further 99km2
and bringing the
portfolio to 1,315km2
. Adavale’s licences were
selected based on their strong geochemical
and geophysical signatures from the previous
exploration undertaken by BHP.
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